Bangladesh

Our relaxation in Hereford over a rest day included a game of kwik-cricket in our sports hall / bedroom. Dwijen (Bangladesh), Mohamed (Kenya), Simon (Gloucestershire), Neil (Ireland) and I managed keep Pierre (Mali) awake wacking a tennis ball near his head as he tried to sleep. The influence of the British empire continues.

Dwijen works for the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies alongside coastal communities who are struggling to access fresh water. Rising sea-levels are causing salt water to invade water supplies, making them useless.

Dwijen says that they have to work harder as the impacts of climate change become worse; running to stand still. As sea levels rise and tropical storms get stronger, Bangladesh will face more flooding and destruction of water supplies. Whilst we were marching this week Dwijen said to me: "We are working to adapt to climate change, but we will fail unless rich countries cut their emissions."

The UK and EU have signed-up to keeping the increase in global temperatures due to our greenhouse gas emissions to 2degC. So far temperatures have risen by 0.8degC. Our demand to reduce emissions by more than 80 per cent by 2050 is based on what scientists tell us needs to happen for the 2degC limit to be kept to.

In a public meeting this week, Dwijen challenged us that 2degC will be catastrophic. We have to reduce emissions as radically and quickly as possible; people in Bangaldesh are already suffering.

Distance covered so far: 660 miles